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qronicle/qexcel
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Fast reader modification of PHPExcel

1.1.1(4y ago)01.4kLGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Dec 1Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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\#QExcel

The Qronicle (or Quick - still haven't really decided) Excel library is an experimental Excel reader based on PHPExcel (). It uses less resources by only looking at the actual content, ignoring styles etc.

This library should be helpful when importing excel files where the styling is not important. Keep in mind that it will only ever contain the Excel readers.

Progress
--------

[](#progress)

Basic functionality is all in place. The optimized Excel5, Excel2003XML, Excel2007 and CSV Readers are mostly ready. Everything is tied together by the QExcel class (that can be used as a replacement to PHPExcel's IO factory).

Up next is adding more documentation, example files (the test files I use now are not open for publication) and extending the index file with more sweetness to test out. If everything works I'll probably add the OO and other Readers from PHPExcel. I also need to check for updates on the PHPExcel front, should they have improved their readers.

Composer installation
---------------------

[](#composer-installation)

```
composer require qronicle/qexcel
```

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

```
// Always include the QExcel file
// This will start the autoloader and you will probably use the QExcel class to start as well
require_once('library/QExcel/QExcel.php');

// The workbook file
$filename = 'files/test.xls';

// Load the file into a QExcel_Workbook object
$workbook = QExcel::loadWorkbook($filename);
```

Performance
-----------

[](#performance)

Tested with a file containing 2400 lines and 22 columns (mostly text and number fields). PHPExcel used setReadDataOnly as true.

Note that these are quickly made tests and that they are just an indication of the amount of memory and time that is won by ignoring the (for this library) unimportant data.

### Excel2007 Reader

[](#excel2007-reader)

   PHPExcel QExcel Gain   Memory usage 158.76 MB 8.87 MB 5.6% (18 times less)   Duration 18.35 seconds 3.01 seconds 16.4% (6 times faster) ### Excel5 Reader

[](#excel5-reader)

   PHPExcel QExcel Gain   Memory usage 62.46 MB 12.40 MB 19.8% (5 times less)   Duration 7.77 seconds 2.86 seconds 36.8% (3 times faster) ### Excel2003XML Reader

[](#excel2003xml-reader)

   PHPExcel QExcel Gain   Memory usage 172.29 MB 6.08 MB 3.5% (28 times less)   Duration 13.67 seconds 2.66 seconds 36.8% (5 times faster) ### CSV Reader

[](#csv-reader)

   PHPExcel QExcel Gain   Memory usage 55.29 MB 6.31 MB 11.4% (9 times less)   Duration 6.80 seconds 0.42 seconds 6.1% (16 times faster)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~457 days

Total

5

Last Release

1625d ago

Major Versions

1.1.1 → v2.x-dev2021-12-02

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.2.0

1.1.0PHP >=5.3.0

v2.x-devPHP >=7.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1568475?v=4)[Ruud Seberechts](/maintainers/Qronicle)[@Qronicle](https://github.com/Qronicle)

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Tags

excelreaderPHPExcel

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